Division I men’s basketball teams will be able to play two exhibitions against any other four-year schools without needing a waiver that required game proceeds be donated to charity under a change approved at the NCAA convention.

In a move to help close the pay gap between men and women in college sports, the NCAA will now pay Division I women's basketball teams who play in March Madness games starting this year.

Some pivotal games to watch this week (all games ET): • Utah at TCU, 7:30 p.m. Friday • USC at Indiana, noon Sunday • Seton Hall at Connecticut, 1 p.m. Sunday • Ole Miss at Mississippi State, 3 p.m. Sunday • Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 3 p.m. Sunday • Oklahoma at South Carolina, 3 p.m. Sunday